Symantec Anti-Virus Corp Ed. 8 and WXPSP2

FYI Windows XP SP2 doesn't recognize Symantec Anti-Virus Corp. Ed. 8 as valid anti-virus software. Corp Ed. 9 is supposedly recognized. -Overworked-.

Windows Software 5498 This topic was started by overworked, 2004-08-13 02:01

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overworked

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2004-08-13 04:01

FYI

Windows XP SP2 doesn't recognize Symantec Anti-Virus Corp. Ed. 8 as valid anti-virus software. Corp Ed. 9 is supposedly recognized.

-Overworked-

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WHY!!!!???

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jmmijo

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2004-08-13 04:22

I read over at Cnet that both Symantec and McAfee are patching there current Corp Editions of their Anti-Virus to work with SP2 systems, oops I say

adamvjackson

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2004-08-19 23:18

The current version of SAV is 9.x, and patching to 9.0.1400 does add compliance with the XP SP2 security center. Supposedly, a patch for the 8.x version(s) will be forthcoming at a later date.